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Why must blood from the patients vein be pressurized?
So doctors (or nurses) can see the vain better
What major blood vessels take blood to the hepatic vein?
the gastrosplenic vein joins the superior mesenteric vein and takes blood to the hepatic vein
When was Blood-vein created?
Blood-vein was created in 1931.
Which is the only vein in the body to carry oxygenated blood?
The PULMONARY vein. Pulmonary = lungs. Vein = ALWAYS carries blood TO the heart.
In its passage from an artery to a vein a red blood cell must ordinarily travel through what?
heart
Are blood gases usually drawn from a vein in the arm?
No Blood gases are measured to determine the oxygen concentration in the arterial blood. Therefore the blood must be drawn from an artery.
What major vessels take blood to hepatic portal vein?
Gastrosplenic Vein joins the Superior Mesenteric Vein and takes blood to Hepatic Portal Vein and delivers blood to liver.
What vein carry blood away from the heart?
the blood that carries blood from your heart is your arteries
Vein of the fetal pig that carries oxygenated blood?
There are two veins that carry oxygen they are the Pulmonary vein and the Umbilical vein:-)
How does the blood flow when a vein is cut?
Blood flow from a vein is slower than that from an artery.
What is the name of the vein in the neck bringing blood from?
Jugular vein
What does the vein?
The vein carries the blood back to the heart
